Addictions Department Staff

Professor John Marsden

BSc, MSc, PhDProfessor of Addiction Psychology

Biography

John Marsden (BSc, MSc, PhD, CPsychol, PgDip CBT) is Professor of Addiction Psychology at the Addictions Department, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience. Joining the IoPPN in 1995, he is a senior member of the National Addiction Centre and the Addictions CAG and has an honorary appointment at South London & Maudsley Mental Health Foundation Trust (SLaMHFT). John is a clinical research psychologist and cognitive behavioural psychotherapist with an special interest in the development and evaluation of experimental psychological therapeutics and epidemiological research on psychological disorders and healthcare treatment systems. His current research programme is supported by grants from NIHR, NHSE, the BRC and charitable sector and his studies are based at SLaMHFT and the KCH Clinical Research Facility. He is a Deputy Editor-in-Chief for the academic journal ADDICTION.